Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Part 1
Interview at the Fox and Lantern 3
The Fire That Cleared the Valley of Oster 4
The Succulent Flowers 5
The Lost Psychotherapist 6
Nocturne (Mouths of the Urns) 7
The Turn of the Weather Vane 8
The Order of Silence 10
The Quarantine 11
The Passing Brigade 13
Part 2
The Blizzard 17
The Burial Plot 18
Nocturne (Craters of the Moon) 20
The Remote District 21
The Hour of Study; or, The Concept of Moral Genealogy 22
First Buds on the Rowan Highway 24
Nocturne (Wind from the Hills) 25
The Monster of Barlow 26
The Diplomats 28
The Next Palace 29
Part 3
The Goat God 33
Hotel Vitruvius 34
Nocturne (Empty Fireplace) 36
1900 Gibbon Street 37
The Age of Miracles 39
The Marshes 41
Nocturne (Boat at the Wayside) 42
The Advance of the Glacier 43
The Fog 44
The Barrier Reef 46
Part 4
In the Progress of Time 51
The Four Cousins 52
The Ruin at Drax End 55
The Wall 57
The Sluice Gate 59
The End of Time at Four Heaths School 60
Successor to the Late Lord 62
Yellow Fingers 63
The Years Underground 65
Nocturne (Tremors of the Earth) 66
The Coming Winter 67
Notes 69